Cooking stove or range.



No. 693,096. Patented Feb. ll, I902.

E. w. ANTHONY.

GDOKINGSTDVE UR RANGE.

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No. 693,096. Patented Feb. ll, I902.

E. W. ANTHONY.

. COOKING STOVE 0R RANGE.

(Application filed Aug. 22, 1901.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT O ETCE.

EDGAR IV. ANTHONY, OF BROOKLINE, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO SMITH AND ANTHONY COMPANY, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF MASSACHUSETTS.

COOKING STOVE OR RANGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 693,096, dated February 1 1, 1902. Application filed August 22, 1901. Serial No. '72 ,867. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDGAR W. ANTHONY, of Brookline, in the county of Norfolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented anew and useful Improvement in Cooking Stoves or Ranges, of which the following is a full,

clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in explaining its nature.

My invention relates to an improvement in cooking stoves and ranges, and especially to the high shelves above and at the back of portable stoves and ranges.

It consists of an improved means for the support of the upper of these shelves, whereby the holding capacity of the lower shelf is increased and the space between the shelves made available. Especial consideration has also been paid to securing an ample stability of support while retaining the structural beauty of the shelves;

The invention is shown in my application for Letters Patent of the United States filed March 15, 1901, Serial No. 51,226, but is not claimed therein. 7

I will now describe the invention in connection with the drawings forming a part of this specification.

Figure l is aview in front elevation of the elevated shelves and in vertical section of the top plate of the stove. Fig. 2 is a View in horizontal section upon the dotted line 2 2 of Fig. 1 and a view in plan of the lower shelf below said line. ilp vertical section upon the dotted line 3 3 of Inlthe drawings, A represents a stove or range. I

B is the lower of the high shelves, and C the upper of the high shelves.

D is the vertical back, which is attached to the stove and which supports the rear edge I) of the lower shelf and the rear edge e of the upper shelf. The shelf C has a pipe opening at the center of its length and in its rear por-, tion, through which a vertical, pipe may extend, if such be used in connection with the stove or range, and is covered when a vertical pipe is not used by the cover I). This Fig. 3 is a View, enlarged,

pipe may extend through a hole in the upper shelf C, which will also be provided with a cover when the pipe is not used, or through a hole in the back D, which is also covered when the pipe is not employed. IVhen the vertical pipe is used, it would make connection with the stove or range by the collar a; but generally the pipe connection would be through collar a.

There is no objection to the use of a boxing at? below the lower shelf B to conceal the vertical pipe when used and to support the shelf B, and such a boxing is used.

There are no end supports, as is usual, for either the lower shelf B or the upper shelf C. The use of the box a renders this unnecessary for the lower shelf and the employment of the front support E, by means of which the front edge of the shelf B at the center of its length acts as a support for the front edge of the shelf C at the center of its length. The doing away with the end supports for both shelves is an advantage in that it increases the available holding capacity of the end portions of both shelves, the end supports acting to restrict such capacity.

7 The support E bears upon the front edge of the shelf B, and has the outward-extending foot e, which is fastened to the front edge bya bolt. The support bows outward because the upper shelf is wider than the lower and extends in front of it, and it is also somewhat widened to provide a stable central rest for the upper shelf C of considerable extent. Its upper end e is curved to extend immediately within the curved edge C of the shelf and backward under the under surface of the edge, and this curved end may be fastened to the upper shelf by a bolt, if desired. The use of such a supportis advantageous. End supports are no longer necessary, and the intermediate boxing between the two shelves, like the boxing between the lower shelf and the top of the stove commonly used as a means of support, is done away with,providing,correspondingly, a large increase in the holding capacity of the lower shelf and making available the space between it and the upper shelf. Besides, the post bowing, as it does, from the extreme outer edge of the lower shelf allows also of an increased holding capacity, and this at the cenby the front edge of the shelf 13 to which it is tor of the shelf. attached and extending forward or outward Having thus fully described my invenl ion, therefrom, havingits upper edge curved With- Iclaim and desire to secure by Letters Patent in the outer edge of the shelf 0 which rests 5 ofIthe United States thereon.

n a stove or range the combination of the T lower shelf 13 with the upper shelf 0 support- EDGAR ANTHOL ed along its back edge by the back D and at \Vitnesses: its front edge at the center of its length by F. F. RAYMOND, 2d,

10 the support E, the said support being. borne 1 SAUL SIPPERSTEIN. 

